Should I Build a Blog or a Website?

Sometimes it is better to build a website instead of a blog. When I research and find profitable keywords many times I have to decide on whether I should build a blog targeting these keywords or build a simple web site instead. This situation I am faced with occurs almost every time I dig into Google AdWords Keyword Tool and in this video I show you exactly what to look for and how you can decide yourself on choosing to create a blog or a web site. If you are already a VIP member within my membership site, you can access and even download the full video for free. The video is located here in the VIP Members Video Tutorial Library. Not only will you find this current video but you will also find a complete library of other high quality tutorial videos that will help you learn even more. If you are not a member of my membership site you can learn more about it and join. Maybe you don't want to join my membership site. I can understand that. Maybe joining my membership site isn't something you can afford at the moment or perhaps it is something that doesn't interest you. I completely understand, and I am happy to offer this video to you by itself for only $5.95. After you process the payment you will automatically be redirected to a page where you can download this full video to your computer.

cPanel Web Hosting

In my opinion, cPanel web hosting is the best choice for web hosting. I have been hosting blogs and web sites for many years and doing so hasn't always been the easiest thing to do. cPanel makes things so much easier to the point where you don't even know anything about web hosting to successfully operate your web hosting account.

cPanel is professional software that allows you to quickly and easily manage your web hosting account. With cPanel, you can quickly and easily set up your email addresses, install blogs, and even deluxe things such as your very own online store. cPanel is packed full of amazing features and services and they are all free of charge.

The best cPanel web hosting is available through HostGator.com. They are the number one choice for cPanel web hosting. HostGator.com is very affordable and extremely dependable. Most importantly, they are the pioneers of offering cPanel web hosting.

Sign Up For HostGator cPanel Web Hosting

I recommend signing up for their Baby Plan. The cost is only $9.95 / month and you can host an unlimited number of domain names. In fact, you can even try HostGator out for only one penny! When you sign up, simply enter the coupon code: wordpress and your order will be discounted down to one penny.

HostGator does this so that you can give their services a try totally risk free. You can cancel anytime, but I have a feeling that you won't. They provide me with everything I need, and I am sure they will provide you with the same.

Blog Web Hosting

Are you looking for blog web hosting? There are so many different kinds of web hosting plans available today, sometimes choosing the right one can be a challenge. If you are a blogger who is looking for cheap and dependable web hosting for blogs, then look no further because here is the perfect blog web hosting company.

The blog web hosting service is provided by HostGator.com. This is a company I have been using myself for quite some time now. Their hostings services do not cost a lot, they are dependable, and their tech support is amazing. Most importantly, their web hosting services are perfect for bloggers. They offer a control panel that allows you to install your favorite blog software with just a simple click of the mouse. Check out this online video demonstration:

I recommend signing up for HostGator's Baby Plan. The cost is $9.95 / month; however you can host as many domain names as you want all on one account. Also, when you place your order, be sure to use coupon code, wordpress and your first month will be discounted down to a penny. It's the perfect way to try HostGator risk free. If you don't feel like their blog web hosting is right for you, cancel their service anytime.

Sign Up For HostGator and Get The Best Blog Web Hosting Available!

WordPress Web Hosting

Are you looking for WordPress Web Hosting? HostGator is one of the most affordable and dependable web hosting companies available. Also, they are the number one choice for bloggers looking for cheap and dependable WordPress Web Hosting. I recommend signing up using their Baby Plan. The cost is only $9.95 / month. You get unlimited domain names, which means you can have as many WordPress blogs as you want.

HostGator gives you a very user friendly control panel that allows you to install WordPress automatically with only a few clicks on the mouse. Literally in less than one minute, you can install WordPress and start blogging!

Most Importantly... if you use the coupon code: wordpress you can get the first month for only One Penny!

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So what are you waiting for? Start your very own WordPress blog today! Sign up for HostGator and get the best and most affordable WordPress web hosting service available. Don't forget to use coupon code: wordpress and get your first month for only One Penny!

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Make Money Online Blogging About Your Passions

What are your passions? What are things that truly interest you? Enough that you'd be willing to write about? Often I marvel how I enjoy so much covering the topic of making money online. The reason why I find humor in writing this topic is because the topic doesn't typically monetize the way I want it. If I had a passion for another topic and GarryConn.com covered that topic with just as much energy as I invest into my current topic, I can't even calculate how much money this blog would earn. The reason why I suspect this is because it kind of dawned on me that I do have another topic that I equally enjoy writing about. That topic is eyeglasses. My other blog, The Optical Blog, is a place where I write about pretty much anything related to eyeglasses and contact lenses. My former career of almost 12 years was as a certified and licensed optician. It was a job that I really enjoyed. Covering this topic on a blog is something that comes easy for me and is very fun to do. With that said, The Optical Blog just so happens to be my second most profitable blog. So my advice to you is to really sit back for a minute and figure out a topic that you have a lot of passion for. When you figure that out, apply everything that you have learned while operating a make money online blog and apply these skills to your other blog that covers a topic that you have passion for. If you do, I think soon you'll see an increase in your month to month earnings.

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Coming Back To Blogger

Am I abandoning WordPress? No! But I do like Blogger.com. It is very simple and easy to use and sometimes it is nice to have that kind of format compared to WordPress. 

At anyrate, I am going to try my best to post a few things on this blog at least once a year. We'll see how that goes right? lol

At the moment, I am not sure what I will write about, not sure if people will even read it, but all that isn't important right now. I guess we'll just take things one blog post at a time, huh?

How To Add A Sitemap To Blogger.com

Sitemaps are great! They are well written road maps designed for search engines to follow. They make it extremely easy for search engine bots such as the famous, Googlebot, to quickly find all your pages and posts and index them into their database. I just wrote an article on my main site that teaches you how to add a sitemap to your blog. This article teaches both Blogger.com bloggers as well as self hosted Wordpress.org bloggers. Enjoy! :)

Successful Blogging With Google Webmaster Tools

Google Webmaster Tools

Google Webmaster Tools is your one-stop shop for comprehensive info about how Google crawls and indexes websites. In Google Webmaster Tools you can learn how to ensure that your site is easily crawled and indexed. Additionally, you can access tools that will enable you to diagnose crawling issues such as discovering 404 pages. You can study statistics on how your site is doing in our index and even instruct Google on how you would like your site to be crawled and indexed. All in all, if creating, maintaining and running a popular blog is of any interest to you, then you need to check out Google Webmaster Tools.

The Site Status Wizard: This is a quick tool that allows you to check and see if your site is indexed. It tells you if the site is indexed, and when the last time a Googlebot visited your site. The Site Status Wizard is tool that allows you some information about your site without accessing the Webmaster Tools (including Sitemaps) section.

The Webmaster Tools (including Sitemaps): In Webmaster Tools, you can add one or all the sites that you own. Webmaster Tools gives you a central hub for managing any and all of your sites. Adding a site into your dashboard is very easy. After submitting your site, you have to verify that you are the owner of the site. This can be done using two validation methods. 1.) You can add a special meta tag to your header file, or 2.) you can upload a special HTML file to your server. Once your site(s) are validated, you can access a world of information about your site(s). You can find errors with your site, you can discover where your pages are seen in the Google search engine and what rank your pages are within the SERPs. Additionally, you can find out how many sites link back to your home page as well as various other pages within your site. These are just a few tools you have access to within Webmaster Tools.

Submit Your Content To Google: This section provides another avenue towards adding and update new websites to Google's index. Additionally, you can find information about Google Base. Google Base is a place where you can easily submit all types of online and offline content, which Google hosts and make searchable online.

Additional Resources: Google provides a world of wonderful information, tips and tricks for webmasters. You can quickly read Google's official blog for webmasters, read and join in a discussion group specifically for webmasters and you can visit their Webmaster help center.

Summary

Google Webmaster Tools is your hub for webmasters. The resources and tools provided within Webmaster Tools are like finding a buried treasure. A value can't be placed on the resources provided by Google. Many people voice their opinions about Google and hundreds of bloggers post various rants and raves as to why their site doesn't rank well. Google provides this treasure to anyone, in fact they even hand you the key... all you have to do is unlock the chest and look to see what is inside. If you want to be successful blogging, I totally suggest getting familiar with Google Webmaster Tools.

How To Get Categories In Blogger

If you want to add categories to your Blogger.com blog here is how...

When you write a post, before you publish the post, give it a label.

To display the labels or "categories" on your blog follow these steps:

1. In your dashboard, click template, then click add page elements. See image below:
2. Now add the "Add Labels" widget to your blog. See image below:
3. Next you have to configure the labels. See image below: The title, you can name it: Categories
4. Save changes and then position the widget where you want on your site and you are done!
5. You now have categories on your Blogger.com blog.

Now, you can go back to your dashboard and edit your existing posts and add labels to them to fill up your category listing!

Have Fun!

Best Regards, Garry Conn www.GarryConn.com